Biblical Hebrew Forum

[ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben and Jo Crick)]

On Sat 10 Aug 2002 (19:37:05), black_strat AT hotmail.com wrote:
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> I am interested in knowing what the phrase "ba`al se`a

 Dear Jon Clemence,

 You do not clearly tranliterate your Hebrew phrase, nor do you identify
 its context with a Bible reference.

 It appears to be Ba`aL &e`aR, which would mean something like "extremely
 hirsute or hairy". The phrase occurs in 2 Kings 1:8, as a description of
 Elijah the Tishbite's appearance. It means literally "lord of hair".

 For a similar phrase see Isaiah 41:15, "I will make you into a
 threshing-sledge, new and sharp, *with many teeth*" (NIV) Ba`aL PiYPiYYoT
 "lord of a mouthful of teeth".

 HTH

 Shalom
 Ben
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